Severe limits on variations of the speed of light with frequency

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Schaefer, BE [1 ]
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[1] Yale Univ, Dept Phys, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.4964
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O4 [物理学];
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Explosive astrophysical events at high redsfiift can be used to place severe limits on the fractional variation in the speed of light with frequency (Delta c/c), the photon mass (m(gamma)), and the energy scale of quantum gravity (E-QG). I find Delta c/c < 6.3 x 10(-21) based on the simultaneous arrival of a flare in GRB 930229 with a rise time of 220 +/- 30 mu s for photons of 30 and 200 keV. The limit on m(gamma) is 4.2 x 10(-44) g for GRB 980703 from radio to gamma ray observations. The limit on E-QG is 8.3 x 10(16) GeV for GRB 930131 from 30 keV to 80 MeV photons.
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